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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/131828-t-compiler/topic/tracking%20technical%20debt%3F/near/165242337" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> mw <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/131828-t-compiler/topic/tracking.20technical.20debt.3F.html#165242337">(May 09 2019 at 11:05)</a>:</h4>
<p>There's lots of talk about technical debt in the codebase and I definitely feel it's weight when trying to modify certain parts of the code. But do have a place yet where we actually collect concrete issues in a structured way? Having something like that seems like a good first step for planning potential improvements.</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/131828-t-compiler/topic/tracking%20technical%20debt%3F/near/165243128" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> oli <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/131828-t-compiler/topic/tracking.20technical.20debt.3F.html#165243128">(May 09 2019 at 11:17)</a>:</h4>
<p>we have the <code>cleanup</code> tag on github</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/131828-t-compiler/topic/tracking%20technical%20debt%3F/near/165243136" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> oli <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/131828-t-compiler/topic/tracking.20technical.20debt.3F.html#165243136">(May 09 2019 at 11:17)</a>:</h4>
<p>we could tag all issues as such and link to a filtered search</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/131828-t-compiler/topic/tracking%20technical%20debt%3F/near/165243238" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> mw <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/131828-t-compiler/topic/tracking.20technical.20debt.3F.html#165243238">(May 09 2019 at 11:19)</a>:</h4>
<p>that would be a start. Although <code>cleanup</code> sounds too harmless, in my opinion <code>:)</code></p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/131828-t-compiler/topic/tracking%20technical%20debt%3F/near/165243331" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> oli <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/131828-t-compiler/topic/tracking.20technical.20debt.3F.html#165243331">(May 09 2019 at 11:20)</a>:</h4>
<p>we can rename it to <code>technical-debt</code> :D</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/131828-t-compiler/topic/tracking%20technical%20debt%3F/near/165243362" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> oli <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/131828-t-compiler/topic/tracking.20technical.20debt.3F.html#165243362">(May 09 2019 at 11:21)</a>:</h4>
<p>also <a href="https://oli-obk.github.io/fixmeh/" target="_blank" title="https://oli-obk.github.io/fixmeh/">https://oli-obk.github.io/fixmeh/</a> for in-source technical debt</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/131828-t-compiler/topic/tracking%20technical%20debt%3F/near/165246907" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> nikomatsakis <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/131828-t-compiler/topic/tracking.20technical.20debt.3F.html#165246907">(May 09 2019 at 12:23)</a>:</h4>
<p>It's a good question.</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/131828-t-compiler/topic/tracking%20technical%20debt%3F/near/165246919" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> nikomatsakis <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/131828-t-compiler/topic/tracking.20technical.20debt.3F.html#165246919">(May 09 2019 at 12:23)</a>:</h4>
<p>I feel like it would be nice if we could loosely write down "things that were hard"</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/131828-t-compiler/topic/tracking%20technical%20debt%3F/near/165246930" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> nikomatsakis <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/131828-t-compiler/topic/tracking.20technical.20debt.3F.html#165246930">(May 09 2019 at 12:23)</a>:</h4>
<p>Something lighter than github issues / FIXMEs,</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/131828-t-compiler/topic/tracking%20technical%20debt%3F/near/165246933" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> nikomatsakis <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/131828-t-compiler/topic/tracking.20technical.20debt.3F.html#165246933">(May 09 2019 at 12:23)</a>:</h4>
<p>i.e., if we don't know the answer yet =)</p>



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